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 Proc. 7351 Title 3--The President Proclamation 7351 of October 2, 2000 To Implement the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. Section 21\177 of the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (Title II of Public Law \17706-200) (CBTPA), which amends section 2\1773(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)), provides that certain preferential tariff treatment may be provided to eligi- ble articles that are the product of any country that the President designates as a "CBTPA beneficiary country" pursuant to section 213(b)(5)(B) of the CBERA (\1779 U.S.C. 2703(b)(5)(B)), provided that the President determines that the country has satisfied the requirements of section 213(b)(4)(A)(ii) of the CBERA (\1779 U.S.C. 2703(b)(4)(A)(ii)) relating to the implementation of procedures and requirements similar to those in chapter 5 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). 2. Section 2\1771 of the CBTPA, which amends section 2\1773(b) of the CBERA (\1779 U.S.C. 2703(b)), provides that eligible textile and apparel articles of a designated CBTPA beneficiary country shall enter the United States free of duty and free of quantitative limitations, provided that the President deter- mines that the country has satisfied the requirements of section 2\1773(b)(4)(A)(ii) of the CBERA relating to the implementation of procedures and requirements similar to those in chapter 5 of the NAFTA. 3. Section 2\1772 of the CBTPA, which amends section 213(a) of the CBERA (19 U.S.C. 2703(a)), provides duty-free treatment for certain liqueurs and spirituous beverages produced in Canada from rum that originates in a des- ignated beneficiary country or the Virgin Islands of the United States. 4. In order to implement the tariff treatment provided under the CBTPA, it is necessary to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), thereby incorporating the substance of the relevant provisions of the CBTPA. 5. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the "\177974 Act") (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of the rel- evant provisions of that Act, and of other acts affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction. 6. I have determined that it is appropriate to authorize the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to perform the functions specified in section 213(b)(4)(A)(ii) of the CBERA and certain functions under section 604 of the 1974 Act. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM }. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitu- tion and the laws of the United States, including section 30\177 of title 3, United States Code, sections 211 and 212 of the CBTPA, section 213 of the CBERA, and section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that: '160

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